diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
index c17c688f..e0d76c4d 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ libsysprof_capture_headers = files([
   'sysprof-version-macros.h',
 ])
 
+install_headers(libsysprof_capture_headers, subdir: sysprof_header_subdir)
+
 libsysprof_capture_sources = files([
   'sysprof-address.c',
   'sysprof-capture-condition.c',
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/meson.build b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
index 1d89e7d6..149d7bb4 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ libsysprof_private_sources = [
 ]
 
 libsysprof_public_sources += libsysprof_capture_sources
-libsysprof_public_headers += libsysprof_capture_headers
 
 libsysprof_deps = [
   gio_dep,